[sdiy] FETs for distortion

[Seb Francis]

Hi,

I'm just playing around making a few distortion circuits (to be used for 
electronic drums + synths, rather than guitars).

I want to try out some distortions with MOSFETs and/or JFETs and I was 
wondering if anyone had any recommendations of some part numbers to 
buy.  Preferably they need to be available in UK from Rapid or Farnell, 
but if there's something particularly good I don't mind hunting around.

I guess I'm asking whether one FET is going to be pretty much the same 
sound as another (just a case of biasing and driving appropriately), or 
are there some favourites for this type of app?  Or are there in fact 
some particular specifications/attributes I should look for when 
choosing a FET?

I hope this is not too vague a question ;)

Seb